Boredom warning!!
This is a long video of Penny trying out our new Nina Ottosson Dog Casino toy. I'm only posting it because I think people thinking of buying the puzzle might like to see this warts-and-all tryout of it, with no footage cut out.
It's six minutes long, and seems a bit like watching grass grow, lol.
(And the title is stupid, because the last word, 'Casino', is missing in the title. But it took so long to upload that I'm not willing to do it again.)
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010
the nina ottosson dog casino
It seemed a good time to try out our new Nina Ottosson toy today, as Penny was having kibble for her breakfast - boring stuff!
So we got the box out.
It's one of the hardest puzzles, level three, so we knew we'd have to take it in stages.
First I put the puzzle on the floor, taking out the little bones on top that stop the drawers underneath from moving in and out.
I let Penny see the drawers pulled fully out.
She watched with interest as I placed a piece of food in each little drawer.
And, last of all, I pushed the drawers in part-way, so she could see and smell the food.
I have a video clip of her trying it out, but it's very long and probably boring, to be quite honest. But I'm going to upload it here as a separate blog post, because I think it's worthwhile for anyone thinking of buying this toy. It's a warts-and -all look at how a dog approaches the task for the first time.
So we got the box out.
It's one of the hardest puzzles, level three, so we knew we'd have to take it in stages.
First I put the puzzle on the floor, taking out the little bones on top that stop the drawers underneath from moving in and out.
I let Penny see the drawers pulled fully out.
She watched with interest as I placed a piece of food in each little drawer.
And, last of all, I pushed the drawers in part-way, so she could see and smell the food.
I have a video clip of her trying it out, but it's very long and probably boring, to be quite honest. But I'm going to upload it here as a separate blog post, because I think it's worthwhile for anyone thinking of buying this toy. It's a warts-and -all look at how a dog approaches the task for the first time.
Sunday, 7 December 2008
a crostic puzzled based on a book about dogs
When I mentioned to one of my brothers that I had read an interesting book about a dog, he decided to make up a crostic puzzle based on an excerpt from that book. He regularly posts crostic puzzles but I've reproduced the puzzle here because when he changes his puzzles the old ones are lost.
I keep telling him to start a blog, so his puzzles can be archived!
Here it is, for your enjoyment. You would need to print the puzzle grid and the clues if you want to solve it. They are images, so I think it won't be too hard to print them.If you have problems getting them here, you could go to his website and print them. (There are links to clues on his site, if you get desperate.)
Let me know if you enjoy puzzles like this and I'll ask him to make up more (with a dog theme).
Instructions:
This kind of puzzle is called a Crostic.
The diagram is not a crossword. It is an exerpt from a piece of writing. Words end at the shaded squares, not (necessarily) at the end of lines. No punctuation is given.
Answer the clues as best you can, then transpose the letters to the squares with the matching numbers. (The letter in the square tells which clue it is from.) Then you try to recognise words on the diagram, and complete them. Then you transpose those letters back, etc., until the whole thing is finished. Three letter words may be "the", one letter words are usually 'a' or 'I'.
As an extra help, the first letters of the answers usually spell the name of the author, and the work the extract is from. (That's where the name, Crostic, comes from.)
The diagram, and the clues, are pictures, which I hope you can download and print (or it's going to be a very difficult puzzle!)
This one has three clues about dogs, and is based on a book about a dog, but it should be fairly straighforward. One of the dog names is unusual.
Grid (click on the grid to get a bigger image):
Clues (click on the clues to get a bigger image):
I keep telling him to start a blog, so his puzzles can be archived!
Here it is, for your enjoyment. You would need to print the puzzle grid and the clues if you want to solve it. They are images, so I think it won't be too hard to print them.If you have problems getting them here, you could go to his website and print them. (There are links to clues on his site, if you get desperate.)
Let me know if you enjoy puzzles like this and I'll ask him to make up more (with a dog theme).
Instructions:
This kind of puzzle is called a Crostic.
The diagram is not a crossword. It is an exerpt from a piece of writing. Words end at the shaded squares, not (necessarily) at the end of lines. No punctuation is given.
Answer the clues as best you can, then transpose the letters to the squares with the matching numbers. (The letter in the square tells which clue it is from.) Then you try to recognise words on the diagram, and complete them. Then you transpose those letters back, etc., until the whole thing is finished. Three letter words may be "the", one letter words are usually 'a' or 'I'.
As an extra help, the first letters of the answers usually spell the name of the author, and the work the extract is from. (That's where the name, Crostic, comes from.)
The diagram, and the clues, are pictures, which I hope you can download and print (or it's going to be a very difficult puzzle!)
This one has three clues about dogs, and is based on a book about a dog, but it should be fairly straighforward. One of the dog names is unusual.
Grid (click on the grid to get a bigger image):
Clues (click on the clues to get a bigger image):
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